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Letters to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's nephew, Francis Llewellyn Powys.

Twelve letters and seven postcards, 1971, 1978, 1980-1981 and undated, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's nephew, Francis Llewellyn Powys, one of which includes a note from Francis's wife, Sally Powys. The letters contain mainly family news.

Thirty-six letters and one postcard, 1960, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny, with notes from Lucy's sister, Philippa (Katie) Powys added to two of the letters. The letters contain mainly family news, with references to members of the Powys circle of friends and acquaintances.

Thirty-four letters and two postcards, 1962-1963, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny. The letters contain mainly family news, including the deaths of John Cowper Powys, his sister, Katie (Philippa) Powys, and his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Powys (née Myers), second wife of Littleton Charles Powys, together with references to members of the Powys circle of friends and acquaintances.

Thirty-six letters and two postcards, 1965, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny, within one of which is enclosed part of a letter from Marie Canavaggia [?to Lucy Penny]. The letters contain mainly family news and mention members of the Powys circle of friends and acquaintances.

Seven letters, 1929-[post 1963], to Phyllis Playter from Gamel Woolsey and what appears to be a shopping list or order written by Gamel on the back of a torn-off fragment of draft letter, also in her hand. The letters contain mainly personal news and news of family and friends, together with Gamel's response on reading John Cowper Powys's Porius and Wolf Solent. Enclosed with one of the letters is a poem dated May 1929 by John Cowper Powys addressed to Gamel Woolsey and copied out in her hand.

One letter, 1936, to Phyllis Playter from Ruth Suckow containing mainly personal and political news, and two letters, 1960, to Phyllis Playter from Ferner Nuhn mentioning the death (1960) of Ruth Suckow and enclosing a photograph of her dated October 1959.

Thirteen letters and two postcards, 1962, 1965-1966, 1968-1970, 1978 and undiscernible postmark date, to Phyllis Playter from Gilbert Turner. The letters contain mainly personal and social news.

Letters from Phyllis Playter to various members of John Cowper Powys's family.

A hardcover notebook containing incomplete manuscript drafts by Phyllis Playter of a prose piece entitled 'Where Other Rivers Flow'. The back of the volume contains diary entries and personal memoranda by Phyllis Playter, in which she mentions John Cowper Powys and the health of her father Franklin Playter; a note (f. 65 verso) by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir suggests the date 1929 for at least part of this section. A Joplin Printing Company label is pasted on the inside front cover. Inserts comprise a printed representation of the frontispiece of J. L. Campbell's novel The Miracle of Peille (between ff. 41 verso and 42) and a feather (between ff. 56 verso and 57). Ff. 2 verso, 9-53, 54-56 verso, 64-65, and 76 verso are blank.

Diary of Phyllis Playter for 1930. The diary is written up for the inclusive dates 1 January - 3 February (pp. 1-35), 12 February - 6 March (pp. 43-65), 11-24 March (pp. 70-83), 27 March - 1 April (pp. 86-91), 12-23 April (pp. 102-113), 1-8 May (pp. 121-128), 10 May (p. 130), 22-31 May (pp. 142-151), 4 September (p. 247), 15 September (p. 258) and 13-23 November (pp. 317-327) and there are memoranda on pp. 366-370 but the volume is otherwise blank. A dried plant is inserted between pp. 160 and 161 and a feather between pp. 314 and 315. A press cutting relating to Philippa (Katie) Powys's novel The Blackthorn Winter (1930) and a receipt dated 8 June 1929 from Mme Bernier, clothing establishment ("robes & manteaux"), Paris, both originally loose in the volume, have been inserted at p. i.

Diary of Phyllis Playter for 1978. The volume contains diary entries and memoranda, most of which are brief, for the inclusive dates 22 January (f. 20 verso), 7 February (f. 28 verso), 10 March (f. 44), 15-16 March (ff. 46 verso-47 verso), 18 March (f. 48), 23-29 March (ff. 50 verso-53 verso), 1-2 April (f. 55-verso), 9-10 April (f. 59-verso), 13 April (f. 61), 15 April (f. 62), 17-20 April (entry for 18 April deleted) (ff. 63-64 verso), 22-23 April (ff. 65 verso-66), 28 April (f. 68 verso), 15-16 May (entry for 16 May deleted) (f. 77-verso), 20-21 May (entry for 21 May deleted) (ff. 79 verso-80), 27 May (f. 83), 31 May (f. 85), 8 June (f. 89), 12 June (f. 91), 23 June (f. 96 verso), 5 July (f. 102 verso), 19 July (f. 109 verso), 1-4 August (ff. 116-117 verso), 19 August (f. 125), 21 August (f. 126), 25-26 August (entry for 26 August deleted) (f. 128-verso), 28 August ('X' mark) (f. 129 verso), 1 September (f. 131 verso), 6 September (f. 134), 8 September (f. 135), 12-16 September (entries for 13 & 16 September deleted) (ff. 137-139), 18-20 September (entries for 18 & 20 September deleted) (ff. 140-141), 23-26 September (entry for 25 September deleted) (ff. 142 verso-144), 30 September (f. 146), 2 October (f. 147), 6 October (f. 149), 10 October (f. 151), 12 October (f. 152), 20 October (f. 156), 28 October (f. 160), 30-31 October (f. 161-verso), 7 November (f. 165), 21 November (f. 172) and f. 198 verso. Ff. 6 verso-20, 21-28, 29-43 verso, 44 verso-46, 47 verso, 48 verso-50, 54-verso, 56-58 verso, 60-verso, 61 verso, 62 verso, 65, 66 verso-68, 69-76 verso, 78-79, 80 verso-82 verso, 83 verso-84 verso, 85 verso-88 verso, 89 verso-90 verso, 91 verso-96, 97-102, 103-109, 110-115 verso, 118-124 verso, 125 verso, 126 verso-127 verso, 129, 130-131, 132-133 verso, 134 verso, 135 verso-136 verso, 139 verso, 141 verso-142, 144 verso-145 verso, 146 verso, 147 verso-148 verso, 149 verso-150 verso, 151 verso, 152 verso-155 verso, 156 verso-159 verso, 160 verso, 162-164 verso, 165 verso-171 verso, and 172 verso-198 are blank. Press cuttings, previously loose inside the volume, are inserted at f. i.

Three commonplace books, [1937x1970s], of Phyllis Playter containing copied selections of poetry and prose (including pieces by John Cowper Powys and by Phyllis Playter herself), memoranda and diary entries, and various inserts.

A copy of Y Faner, dated 27 June 1980, showing on the cover a portrait of the bust made of John Cowper Powys by Jonah Jones and including a short article on the Powys family on p. 8. There are annotations by Phyllis Playter on pp. 8 and 9.

Two letters, undated, to Minnie H. Playter from Jane [?Keany] and from Stella Creamer, and a letter, undated, from Franklin Playter to 'Frank'.

Personal and literary papers of Phyllis Playter, comprising correspondence, diaries, commonplace books, address books, passports and savings book, and early fragmentary/draft pieces of prose and poetry, together with material relating to the sale of John Cowper Powys's manuscripts.